Dozens of eggs are packed in large python belly

People in a village in Nigeria unexpectedly discovered giant pythons that are pregnant with dozens of eggs after killing animals because they suspected of eating veal.

The python belly is swollen because of pregnancy, not by swallowing the calves.(Photo: CEN).

When slaughtering a giant python suspected of eating calves in cattle, Nigerian farmers found dozens of stuffed eggs in the animal's abdomen, the Sun reported yesterday. This is what causes the python belly to swell. The villagers saw this as a rare dish, while many thought that killing pythons was the right decision, helping to prevent the birth of small pythons.

The python has a width of 0.3 meters and a few meters long, is likely to be of python species, the largest python species in Africa with a length of 6-7.5m. African python has no venom and kills prey by squeezing it until the victim breathes out. They eat a variety of animals such as mice, monkeys, antelopes, lizards and even crocodiles.

African python usually pregnant 20-100 eggs. Mother pythons spawn in the spring in the caves, then curl around the eggs until they hatch about 3 months later.